India has surpassed the US to have the world's second largest wireless network in the world after China with the addition of 10.16 million wireless subscribers at the end of March. In March, the operators had added 10.16 million wireless subscribers compared to 8.53 million added in the month of February. The total number of wireless subscribers stood at 261.09 million, according to Trai, telecom regulator.

According to International Association of Wireless Telecommunications Industry, the current wireless users in the US is estimated to be around 257.89 million.

Of the total 10.16 million, Bharti Airtel, country's largest mobile operator, added 2.31 million new customers in March and Reliance Communications added 1.615 million.

Total 10.4 million telephone connections (Wireline and Wireless) have been added during March, compared to 8.49 million connections added in February. With this addition, the total number of telephone connections in the country reaches 300.51 million at the end of March, compared to 290.11 million in last month.

The overall tele-density is 26.22 per cent at the end of March, against 25.31 per cent in February 2008.

In the wireline segment, the subscriber base has moved up to 39.42 million in March, against 39.18 million subscribers in February.

Total broadband subscribers base has reached 3.90 million, compared to 3.47 million in the previous month.